267. David Bowie | The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972)

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Wikipedia Entry

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Tracks

1. Five Years
2. Soul Love
3. Moonage Daydream
4. Starman
5. It Ain't Easy
6. Lady Stardust
7. Star
8. Hang On to Yourself
9. Ziggy Stardust
10. Suffragette City
11. Rock 'n' Roll Suicide

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The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars is a quintessential album. The music is rock. Give an album the simple sensibility of rock and roll and weave a story through the songs and the result will be something like Ziggy Stardust, albeit probably less outlandish. To achieve that requires the sensibility of progressive rock.

Ziggy Stardust tells the story of the last five years before the earth is destroyed when an alien named Ziggy Stardust comes to earth to bring hope to the doomed inhabitants. This album is filled with brilliant riffs and melodies, but what makes this album so catchy is David Bowie and his powerful charisma. He adds emotion and fun to a potentially uninteresting and uncompelling story.

I think this is an absolutely brilliant album. Without a doubt, it's worth listening to and belongs in any serious collector's collection. This album belongs on the 1001 Albums list because like most other glam albums it breathes new life into rock music. David Bowie has made an album that tells a story and rocks while doing so. This is one of the benefits of listening to this list. I had little understanding or appreciation for David Bowie before. Now his music is indispensable to my collection.

All the songs are equally outstanding after listening to them many, many times. My favorites are: Moonage Daydream, Starman, It Ain't Easy, Star, Ziggy Stardust, Suffragette City and Rock 'n' Roll Suicide.

★★★★★★★★★★